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Most of us feel good when we add green products to our shopping baskets. But research reveals that adding eco-friendly items creates a false impression that the total footprint of our basket has gone down, when in reality it has gone up – it is the total number of products that counts.
This is due to a cognitive bias called the negative footprint illusion, which occurs even in the most scientifically literate people. Luckily though, there are ways to get around the problem.
Israel launched an unprecedented strike on the political office of Hamas in Qatar yesterday afternoon. We spoke with an expert in Middle East politics who answered some key questions.
Meanwhile, an expert explains how social contagion works after Heathrow’s Terminal 4 was evacuated due to panic over “possible hazardous materials” two days ago.
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Miriam Frankel
Senior Science + Technology Editor
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John Everett Marsh, University of Lancashire; Patrik Sörqvist, University of Gävle
Adding “green” products to your food basket doesn’t reduce its carbon footprint – even though we think it does.
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Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Israeli government and intelligence officials watching the progress of the September 9 airstrike on Doha.
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Scott Lucas, University College Dublin
Scott Lucas look at the implications of Israel’s unprecedented attack on a Gulf State.
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Kit Yates, University of Bath
Heathrow’s Terminal 4 evacuation shows the power of social contagion.
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World
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Kerrie Holloway, ODI Global
The effects of climate change do not affect everyone equally.
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Tao Zhang, Nottingham Trent University
Amid tight restrictions on self-expression and political freedom, innovative and audacious protests appear inevitable.
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Politics + Society
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Frédéric Sawicki, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou has resigned after failing to win a confidence vote. What options might President Emmanuel Macron use to break a political deadlock?
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Arts + Culture
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Mari Ellis Dunning, Aberystwyth University
While thousands were executed for witchcraft across Europe, Gwen ferch Ellis was one of only five put to death in Wales.
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Dan O'Brien, University of Bath
Gin Lane is an imagined thoroughfare where the consumption of gin has deprived the inhabitants of sense, finances – and in some instances life.
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Business + Economy
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Mark Button, University of Portsmouth; Branislav Hock, University of Portsmouth
The focus should move from telling consumers how to avoid scams to hurting the criminals themselves.
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Education
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Fufy Demissie, Sheffield Hallam University
Reading stories with young children lays the foundation for language and literacy development.
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Environment
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Rosa Schiano-Phan, University of Westminster
Britain’s homes need a Mediterranean makeover as the climate changes.
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Roger Auster, University of Exeter
A new paper highlights the importance of assessing social feasibility before reintroductions of predators like pine martens take place to ensure success.
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Health
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Kit Yates, University of Bath
Heathrow’s Terminal 4 evacuation shows the power of social contagion.
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Saroash Shahid, Queen Mary University of London
Why clean teeth may come at a dirty cost.
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Science + Technology
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John Everett Marsh, University of Lancashire; Patrik Sörqvist, University of Gävle
Adding “green” products to your food basket doesn’t reduce its carbon footprint – even though we think it does.
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Hannah Wakeford, University of Bristol; Ryan MacDonald, University of St Andrews
The largest telescope in space has been trained on a rocky exoplanet.
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